“I AM God!” This very powerful statement when correctly comprehended is a rightful claim to Divine heritage. But too often it is taught indiscriminately by those who themselves have not fully grasped its stupendousness; and it is accepted too literally by some who also do not understand its full meaning, because of not having attained the consciousness from which alone it should be spoken.

Students quote it zealously, correcting those who humbly say that they are “a part” of God; insisting that a part implies a separation—therefore a division, which would mean more than one, and there is only One.

An illustration comes to my mind. That of a lady who wanted a certain position and was determined to have it and no other.

“Whosoever you desire,” she said.

I did not answer, and she accepted my silence as a challenge.

“What is to stop me?” she demanded. “If I am all there is, then I am God.”

She did not get the position. She went after it and failed. Can God fail? No! Then what? She was claiming a mastership that she had not yet attained; that is attested to by her daily existence—which is a continual struggle.

What thingssoever ye desire.” Yes, certainly. The desire is God knocking at the door of one’s consciousness. But the full significance of that knock is misunderstood if it is not clearly seen that the desire is not for a particular position, but for the benefits to be derived from it (or from what it represents, such as success, supply, happiness, etc.). Resolving these back to their source, man discovers that what he wants he already has (or is) in essence, and God is trying to manifest it, but man wants it to come forth as he wishes it—not as God intends.

To say, “That position is mine because I want it,” is equivalent to asserting that it does not matter who is scheduled to get it by the law of Divine Order. To advance materially by spiritual